In August 2018, we travelled to Peru and Bolivia as members of an organised trip.
Peru features a 1,555-mile (2,500 km) long, narrow desert strip along its Pacific coast, making up about 10% of the country and ranking among the driest places on Earth.
For that trip, I carried two identical Olympus cameras, the first set with a 24–80 mm lens and the second with an 80–300 mm lens.
On the day I saw this lonely red bus heading towards this unbelievably coloured desert mountain under a blue sky, I had to seize the special moment. The red bus was very small in this vast location. There was no vegetation, water, construction, people, animals, or visual distractions.
I opened the window beside me and took out my camera. Our bus was rolling; I consequently increased the ISO to 400 to obtain a shutter speed of 1/1600 sec.
I composed and framed the image using a 194 mm focal length. To obtain a perfect exposure (ETTR), I intentionally overexposed by 1.3 stops. Inspired by the rule of thirds, when the red bus reached the lower right third of the scene, I triggered the shutter.
During that amazing trip, I captured lovely desert scenes.
